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Chinese fish paintings
中國的魚畫
The words for fish and abundance are pronounced the same in Chinese (yu), so fish in Chinese culture symbolize wealth. Fish also symbolize harmony, happy marriage, and reproduction because they multiply rapidly and sometimes swim in pairs. Chinese folk stories say people placed messages in the bodies of fish to communicate with others at a distance, and thus fish have come to represent communication with a distant friend or loved one. The most popular fish image found in Chinese art and culture is that of the carp. The carp has many symbolic values within Chinese culture. The scales and whiskers of the carp are similar to those of the dragon, a great symbol of power in China, so the carp is also regarded as a symbol of power. Besides, some people believe that the carp also symbolizes good luck. At the Spring Festival, “lucky money” is sometimes given out in red envelopes with a carp or other symbols of long life like pine trees printed on them.
“魚”和“余”在漢語中發音相同，所以魚在中國文化中象征著財富。魚也象征著和諧、美滿的婚姻和繁衍后代，因為它們繁殖迅速，有時還成對地游泳。在中國的民間傳說，人們把信息放在魚的體內同遠方的人聯系，因此，魚就逐漸開始象征人們與遠方的朋友或愛人的交流溝通。在中國的藝術與文化中，最受歡迎的魚的形象是鯉魚。鯉魚在中國文化中有許多象征意義。因為鯉魚的鱗片和胡須同龍的鱗片和胡須相似，而龍在中國是權力的象征……因此鯉魚也被視為權力的象征。另外，一些人認為鯉魚象征著好運。春節時，“壓歲錢”有時被包在紅包中分發出去，紅包上印有鯉魚或其他象征長命百歲的事物，如松樹。
